In the minds of great managers, consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of weakness, stupidity, disobedience, … - Marcus Buckingham

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Make good the good in you. . . and you will slowly steal into the Hawaiian heart, which is all of softness, and gentleness, and sweetness.

Marcus Buckingham

In the minds of great managers, consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of weakness, stupidity, disobedience, or disrespect. It is a matter of miscasting.

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Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader.

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CEOs hate variance. It's the enemy. Variance in customer service is bad. Variance in quality is bad. CEOs love processes that are standardized, routinized, predictable. Stamping out variance makes a complex job a bit less complex.

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Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfillment.

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Everyone can probably do at least one thing better than ten thousand other people.

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Make good the good in you. . . and you will slowly steal into the Hawaiian heart, which is all of softness, and gentleness, and sweetness.

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Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals,' the ones who somehow know how to teach.

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After all, it's not every day a woman is given a kingdom of dreams.

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I was terribly gawky, too goofy to become a high-kicking cheerleader, with stringy brown hair and bad posture. Definitely nobody noticeable!

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